Boston College student musical ensembles collection
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Bonaiuto, Sebastian
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Sebastian “Seb” Bonaiuto was the first full-time Director of Bands at Boston College. He first became involved with the Bands in 1987, as an MBA student, when David Healey and others asked him to direct their newly-formed jazz band, now BC bOp! In 1989, he was hired to design, implement, and direct a comprehensive Bands program. Under his leadership, BC Bands added the University Wind Ensemble and the Symphonic Band (SymBa), and strengthened the Screaming Eagles Marching Band and BC bOp! Bonaiut...
Siragusa, Peter
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Peter C. Siragusa was born on February 8, 1928. He grew up in Brighton, MA, and started playing in a variety of band combos and big dance bands in high school. He enlisted in the Navy and played in the Navy Band in San Francisco 1945-1947. He received an undergraduate degree in music education from the Boston Conservatory of Music, followed by a Master of Music degree from Boston University in 1958. He spent his career as a public school music teacher and band director in Fleischmanns, NY, Water...
Peloquin, C. Alexander
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Charles Alexander Peloquin was born on June 16, 1918, in Northbridge, MA to Noe G. and Marie Louise (Bernard) Peloquin. He began studying piano and organ at the age of 8, and went on to study at the New England Conservatory and the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood. During World War II, Peloquin served as bandmaster for the 314th Army Band. In 1950, he became the organist and Director of Music Ministries at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence, RI, where he remained until his ...
Boston College. University Chorale
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The earliest student musical ensemble at Boston College was the St. Cecilia Society, formed in 1869 by James A. McHugh, SJ to provide liturgical music and dedicated to the patron saint of music. The first Glee Club was founded in 1887 as a secular counterpart to the St. Cecilia Society, and performed a variety of concerts and operettas. The director, Charles E. McLaughlin, formed an orchestra to accompany the 1892 operetta, and the ensemble continued after that performance. The Musical Clubs lap...
Boston College. St. Cecilia Society
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The St. Cecilia Society was the earliest student musical ensemble at Boston College, formed in 1869 by James A. McHugh, SJ to provide liturgical music and dedicated to the patron saint of music....
Boston College. Glee Club
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The first Glee Club at Boston College was founded in 1887 as a secular counterpart to the St. Cecilia Society, and performed a variety of concerts and operettas. The director, Charles E. McLaughlin, formed an orchestra to accompany the 1892 operetta, and the ensemble continued after that performance. The Musical Clubs lapsed somewhat during the period of 1895-1913, with some years having no musical ensembles, others only an orchestra, and others only a choir. The Glee Club was revitalized in 191...
Boston College. Bands Program
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The Boston College Band made its official debut with 30 members on October 20, 1919 for the Boston College-Yale football game. The groundwork for its establishment was laid by Chemistry professor Robert Parsons, SJ, in partnership with student conductor J. Carey Martin (class of 1921), who initially created a military band comprised of Students’ Army Training Corps members in 1918. With the appointment of Peter Siragus as director in 1957, the Bands Program gained university administrative ov...
